Book of Fallacies

Jeremy Bentham identifies and criticizes around fifty fallacious arguments used by politicians to thwart measures of reform, and exposes the sinister interests that lead to their employment. This edition restores Bentham's original structure and previously-omitted sections, and remains as relevant to political debate today as it was in his time.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Editorial Introduction


• The Book of Fallacies


• Book I: Fallacies of the Ins


• 1: Fallacies Applying to Men's Fears


• 2: Fallacies Applying to Men's Self-Diffidence


• 3: Fallacies Applying to Men's Self-Diffidence (continued): Anti-Rational Fallacies


• 4: Fallacies Applying to Men's Superstitions


• 5: Fallacies Applying to Men's Indolence and Indifference


• 6: Fallacies Applying to Men's Antipathies


• BOOK II: Eitherside Fallacies


• 7: Fallacies Applying to Men's Sympathies


• 8: Fallacies Applying to the Judicial Faculty


• Book III: Fallacies of the Outs


• 9: Fallacies Applying to Men's Jealousies and Envyings


• Appendices


• Indexes

Zusammenfassung

Jeremy Bentham identifies and criticizes around fifty fallacious arguments used by politicians to thwart measures of reform, and exposes the sinister interests that lead to their employment. This edition restores Bentham's original structure and previously-omitted sections, and remains as relevant to political debate today as it was in his time.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jeremy Bentham
• Mitarbeit: Philip Schofield (Herausgeber), Schofield Philip (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 26.03.2015
• EAN: 9780198719816
• ISBN: 978-0-19-871981-6
• Seiten: 640
• Serien: The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham; Collected Works of Jeremy Bent
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Schule und Lernen > Erwachsenenbildung/Volkshochschule > Selbstlernmaterialien allgemein; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Theorien und Ideengeschichte; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Political science & theory, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, Political science and theory